Natami started and stopped again

[alphadec]

Must say or admit I have not been following amiga very close but as soon as I found out about "NatAMI" I wanted to know more as I found this project extremely interesting. But I see this project have run into some problems think it is very sad that a project like this cannot solve any problems . I'm still a huge amiga fan and still is still got my amiga and if a project like natami could produce a consumer product that we could buy. I would have bought it on day one. After what I have seen of the work they have done I can say that I want this hardware I am prepared to buy it ASAP!. So please anyone into this natami project please solve your problems, If money is the big problem then do a crowd founding. I love to do my part to get this project off and into the market.

[alphadec]

There are great FPGA systems on the market.

SOCKIT for example:

* An FPGA with over 100,000 LE
* 512 KB build in 2nd Level cache
* 2 Gigabyte of fast DDR3 Memory
* Ethernet
* USB
* VGA out
* Audio out

Such board would give a perfect new AMIGA.

I hope natami can sort out any problems they have or release a realistic system ECS!. But will look at SOCKIT when it is availible.

[alphadec]

The point is that socket _is_ available.
Its been sold hundreds of times already.

Halve a year ago the Sockit was on promotion for $99.
Now its back to its normal price of $299.

I am convinced

http://youtu.be/Ug4_yh3Q288

[alphadec]

oh, it's much better now

Better! ?

[alphadec]

What can we do to get these natami guys to work on the project again.

send them a subscription to pizza's for a year. ? (maybe not a good idea...)
what can we do to get this project off again. ?

[alphadec]

Now I am asking myself. A-EON should help the NatAmi team. They even making a new soundcard for Zorro Amiga's. Maybe the interest is there?

Trevor? How about this? Amiga is surviving but the time is taking ages. Can we see a movement now?

That would be fantastic if they did that, but dont think that would happen becouse then they would sell less AOS4 and AmigaOne.

[alphadec]

I was one of the members of the NatAmi team though I am not currently a member of Team Apollo.  I would gladly buy either an FPGA Arcade Replay board or a Sockit board with Amiga core if I had the money to do so.

When comes to natami that is the most interesting project if you ask me. Sad you have not setup the team in a way that if one team member goes away the team will continue the work, since the work and project is incredible important for the future of amiga.

I have tried to register on the natami forum but even the activation mail is not sent out, sad.

Hope we get some good news from natami team.

[alphadec]

That's right! I can't believe that people are still paying attention to it.

If the natami team could update the site and if it is dead, say it. Post something in the news section so people like me who have not been in the amiga community for many years could find out and stop thinking that someone finally have made some new amiga hardware worth spending money on.

[alphadec]

The remainders of the Natami-Team is basically the team behind apollo core.

When can we see some pictures of the apollo core boards. ?

[alphadec]

It was more than one or two.  I balked too when I found out the NatAmi MX might cost as much as a SAM.  That said, I've learned second-hand that Thomas Hirsch is still working on a new NatAmi.

That is incredible news I am willing to wait to see what he can come up with.

When comes to price I is willing to pay as much as a playstation 4 or good tv for fpga (natami like board). so in the price range 1000-2000 USD.

[alphadec]

but im not sure he is really about to be marketing this. i think the natami case should be treated as closed for good.

hope he makes it a consumer product.

[alphadec]

I am not sure if he wanted it in public now at all. No speculations please, Thomas will announce something (or not) if he wants that.

Why isnt natami.net removed or updated with the information so people like me can stop hoping that something will happen to it. ?